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21 Early Baseball Novels by Zane Grey, Horatio Alger, Harold Sherman, Other Writers.
Lot 302. 21 Early Baseball Novels by Zane Grey, Horatio Alger, Harold Sherman, Other Writers. In the early 1900s, baseball truly was the U.S. National Game. To serve a public that couldn’t get enough of the sport, publishing houses annually turned out dozens of novels targeting young adults, but appreciated by adult readers as well. Typically, these novels reinforced the values of commitment, perseverance and hard work. Unless otherwise noted, the books in this collection are first edition hardbacks with pictorial covers and without dust jackets. One novel in this collection by Horatio Alger’s “Bound to Rise or Up the Ladder” has baseball content; 1908, pencil writing inside, g+. Zane Grey is best known for his western stories, but he cashed in also on the nation’s fascination with baseball: “The Short-Stop,” fourth printing, 1914, vg+ book, g+ dust jacket; “The Read Headed Outfield and Other Baseball Stories,” 1920 edition, vg; and “The Young Pitcher,” 1939 edition, inscription inside front cover, vg-ex book and vg dust jacket. Seven books are by Harold M. Sherman, six from his “Home Run Series,” which is complete. Many topics attracted Sherman’s attention. He wrote self-help books, books on psychic phenomena and ESP, two plays that were produced on Broadway, and movie and TV scripts. Three of his Home Run Series books were published in 1928: “Safe!” vg-ex book and dust jacket; “Bases Full!” vg+ to ex book and dj; and “Hit by Pitcher,” vg+ to ex/vg. The other books from the series are: “Hit and Run!” 1929, vg+/g-vg; “Batter Up!” 1930, flyleaf inscription, vg+/g-vg; and “Double Play!” 1932, vg-ex/vg. The other Sherman book is the pocket-sized “Last Man Out,” 1937, vg from Saalfield Publishing. The other authors and their books are: Etta Anthony Baker, “The Captain of the S.I.G.s,” 1911, vg; George Barton, “The Bell Haven Nine,” 1914, vg+; Matthew M. Colton, “Frank Armstrong: Captain of the Nine, 1913, vg; A. T. Dudley, “With Mask and Mitt,” 1906, g-vg; J. W. Duffield, “Bert Wilson’s Fadeaway Ball, 1924 edition, vg; Hugh S. Fullerton, who had a central role in uncovering the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, “Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant,” 1915, dedicated to Charles A. Comiskey, g-vg; MacGregor Jenkins, “Shiner Watson,” 1929 stated first edition, ex; Owen Johnson, “The Varmint,” 1910, vg; Edward Stratemeyer, “Dave Porter at Oak Hall,” 1905, ex-library, flyleaf inscription, otherwise vg; and Charles E. Van Loan, “Score by Innings,” 1919, flyleaf inscription, g-vg.
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